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Wildly popular Christmas bar pop-up Miracle is returning to Detroit for another season of boozy holiday cheer with a new location. The New York City-based seasonal pop-up, which has spread to 92 locations around the country, will once again be taking over downtown Detroit cocktail bar the Skip with a second site at Park Bar. All the gingerbread houses, wreaths, and holiday drink menus arrive on Friday, November 23 and stay through New Year’s Eve on Monday, December 31.
This year’s pop-ups will be a little different than they were in the past as the Miracle developers have partnered up with noted tiki drink expert Jeff “Beachbum” Berry to create a spinoff Christmas tiki-themed pop-up called Sippin’ Santa. That extra-kitschy takeover will be hosted at the Skip, with a separate Sippin’ Santa menu filled with rum-soaked drinks like the Kris Kringle Colada (dark Jamaican rum, cynar, allspice liqueur, lime, pineapple, cream of coconut). Mele Kalikimaka, indeed. The Park Bar, meanwhile, will be hosting a more classic Miracle Christmas bar experience sans umbrella drinks.
Miracle was developed five years ago by founder Greg Boehm, owner of the cocktail bar Mace in New York’s East Village. At the suggestion of his mother, Boehm stopped construction on the then-unopened bar and decked it out with festive decor and holiday-centric drinks. The pop-up became a hit and soon expanded to other bars throughout world. Boehm partially uses the pop-up as a platform to market his glassware and tool importer Cocktail Kingdom; the pop-up serves drinks in special glasses developed by Boehm’s company that are also available for purchase with 10 percent of the proceeds going to Action Against Hunger.
Last year’s Miracle pop-up at the Skip drew huge crowds, so splitting into two separate holiday bars could mean folks will have more luck getting in. Check out the menus for Miracle and Sippin’ Santa below.
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Miracle Cocktail Menu
Christmopolitan
Vodka, Elderflower, Dry Vermouth, Spiced Cranberry Sauce, Rosemary, Lime, Absinthe Mist
Snowball Old Fashioned
Butterscotch Rye, Spiced Demerara, Wormwood Bitters, Orange Zest
Bad Santa (served hot)
Apple Cider, Applejack, Manzanilla Sherry, Lemon, Cinnamon Syrup, Popcorn & Bacon Butter, Baked Apple Bitters
Christmas Carol Barrel
Aged Rum, Aquavit, Amaro, Pumpkin Pie, Demerara Syrup, Lime, Vanilla, Angostura Bitters
Koala-La La La, La La La La
Gin, Pine, Dry Vermouth, Lime, Eucalyptus Syrup, Orange Bitters
Gingerbread Flip
Bourbon, Gingerbread Syrup, Elemakule Tiki Bitters, Whole Egg, Nutmeg
Run Run Rudolph
Prosecco, Gin, Mulled Wine Puree, Lemon, Cane Syrup
Yippie Ki Yay Mother F****r!
Sweet Potato Barbados Rum, Cachaça, Trinidad Over Proof Rum, Dry Curacao, Marshmallow Orgeat, Lime
Jingle Balls Nog
Cognac, Pedro Ximenez Sherry, Brown Butter, Cinnamon, Cherry, Vanilla, Almond Milk, Cream, Sugar, Egg, Nutmeg
And A Partridge In A Pear Tree
Reposado Tequila, Pear Brandy, Mezcal, Spiced Demerara Syrup, Lime, Egg White, Club Soda, Angostura Bitters, Cinnamon
SHOTS
Nice Shot
Rum, Peppermint, Chocolate
Naughty Shot
Bourbon, Cinnamon
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Sippin’ Santa Menu
Kris Kringle Colada
Dark Jamaican Rum, Cynar, Allspice Liqueur, Lime Juice, Pineapple Juice, Cream of Coconut
Sippin Santa
Aged Demerara Rum, Averna, Lemon Juice, Orange Juice, Gingerbread Mix
Grinch Grog
Blanco Tequila, Herbal Liqueur, Pine, Pear, Lemon Juice, Grinch Syrup
Mele Kalikimaka
London Dry Gin, Grand Marnier, Lime Juice, Cranberry Syrup, Allspice Liqueur, Herbsaint
Blue Christmas
Vodka, Blue Curacao, Apricot Brandy, Lemon Juice, Cream of Coconut
Kana Kaloka Swizzle
Plantation OFTD Rum, Lime Juice, Swizzle Syrup Hawaiian Milk Punch Bourbon, Cream, Chai Syrup, Sarsaparilla and Tobacco Bitters Nutmeg
Rudolph Shoots The Curl
Fernet Branca Menta, Averna, Dark Chocolate Liqueur
The Park Bar location of Miracle will open from 4 p.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday and 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.
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